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The real Olympic legacy

Many who helped at this summer’s Games just want to keep on volunteering. Anmar Frangoul meets the 21-year-old hoping to harness the spirit of giving to get a Christmas No 1

The Sunday Times

December 16 2012, 12:01am, The Sunday Times

When Victoria Verbi signed up as a volunteer at this summer’s Olympics, all she wanted was to play her own small part in the greatest show on earth. She did not mind that her role as one of 70,000 games makers would mean working punishing hours and waking up at 4am to get from her home in southwest London to Stratford for the start of her shift.

Yet four months after the nation waved goodbye to London 2012, Verbi’s summer has not really ended. The 21-year-old student’s idea for a choir made up of fellow games makers has left her and the singers she conducts on the verge of something special.

If all goes to plan, the Games Maker Choir’s single, I Wish For You…

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